Edgewater Networks announced today that TMC,
a global, integrated media company, has named the EdgeMarc 7000 Series
Enterprise Session Border Controllers (ESBC) as a recipient of a 2014 INTERNET
TELEPHONY Product of the Year Award.

The EdgeMarc 7000 Series deliver superior performance for multiple
simultaneous services including voice, voice quality monitoring, traffic
management, high capacity data throughput and security. They are the
ideal ESBC solution for service providers offering managed services to
medium and large businesses. Supporting up to 2,000 concurrent voice
calls and 8,000 registered devices, the EdgeMarc 7000 Series act as the
demarcation point at the customer premises and provide:

Telecom service cost savings

Comprehensive security

High quality and reliable voice service delivery

Simplified management

“Edgewater is excited to have its EdgeMarc 7000 Series Enterprise
Session Border Controllers selected as a 2014 Internet Telephony Product
of the Year,” said Dave G. Norman, Chief Executive Officer of Edgewater
Networks. “The performance and feature set ensure that our service
provider customers are able to keep pace with the increasing capacity
demands of medium and large business environments.”

“It gives me great pleasure to recognize Edgewater Networks with a 2014
Product of the Year Award for its commitment to excellence and
innovation,” said Rich
Tehrani, CEO of TMC. “In the opinion of our distinguished judges,
the EdgeMarc 7000 Series has proven to be among the best communications
and technology solutions on the market in 2014. I look forward to
continued innovation from Edgewater Networks.”

The winners of the 2014 INTERNET TELEPHONY Product of the Year
are featured in the January/February 2014 issue of INTERNET TELEPHONY
magazine and online at www.itmag.com.

Edgewater Networks has more than 10 years of experience in providing
managed services platforms for the delivery of IP-based voice, video and
data services. More than 4 million Edgewater ESBC sessions are currently
deployed by some of the largest service providers, including one of the
two largest U.S. carriers and three of the top five U.S. cable
operators. The company is developing a new patent-pending platform that
employs recent advances in SDN and NFV to open new markets for service
providers by allowing them to quickly and profitably deliver a new class
of business services. www.edgewaternetworks.com

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